Pass Local Variables values to Process variables

RE: Pass Local Variables values to Process variables

musthafaj0003 — Fri, 25 Sep 2020 08:38:10 GMT

Is there a way to get all process variables from process model or process instance?

RE: Pass Local Variables values to Process variables

Mike Schmitt — Fri, 15 May 2020 14:08:20 GMT

My assumption is that this user is asking about the basic/normal use case, i.e. they have one or more local variables defined on-form, and need to pass them back into PVs. The earlier replies kinda covered this, though not very well (though not quite enough detail was provided in the original question).

RE: Pass Local Variables values to Process variables

davel001150 — Fri, 15 May 2020 13:28:00 GMT

Are you talking about changing a process variable after you've loaded the form, and being able to see the change? Or changing a variable in the form, and without submitting the form, seeing the change in the process model?

You can't do either of those things. They are a current limitation of the Appian product, and would be an AMAZING feature I've been waiting for years for someone to develop. The main thing that would unlock is the ability for two people on two different machines to collaborate on the same task at the same time and see each other's work.

An immediate use case I can foresee right now would be planning poker. Developers get cards labeled 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, and they all pick a card to vote on how many story points a story is. Once they've all picked, the SCRUM Master instantly sees what everyone voted.

You can do something to the effect now, but you can only do it by saving to the database and querying from the database.

RE: Pass Local Variables values to Process variables

ManuelHTG — Fri, 15 May 2020 08:32:56 GMT

local variables are defined with a!localVariables(), load() or with()

Rule inputs you set up in the interface.

RE: Pass Local Variables values to Process variables

Jayapriya Muthu — Fri, 15 May 2020 08:04:09 GMT

Hi, You cannot pass the local variable values to process directly. Map the values to rule inputs. The mapping of values from interface to process should be like ri!-> ac!->pv. Check the below link for your reference

https://community.appian.com/discussions/f/user-interface/17172/transferring-a-local-variable-in-an-interface-into-a-process-variable/67728#67728

RE: Pass Local Variables values to Process variables

ajays0005 — Fri, 15 May 2020 07:47:38 GMT

local variable is also interface variable right? When I tried, the values weren't displayed through nodes.

If you have a small code picker can you send it .

RE: Pass Local Variables values to Process variables

ManuelHTG — Fri, 15 May 2020 07:29:15 GMT

then use an interface variable instead of a local variable (you will not be able to pass it otherwise), then set it up in the process model form node.

RE: Pass Local Variables values to Process variables

ajays0005 — Fri, 15 May 2020 07:27:41 GMT

In User input form in process model

RE: Pass Local Variables values to Process variables

ManuelHTG — Fri, 15 May 2020 07:26:05 GMT

Hello,

I guess you mean on a startform or in a form within a process model that use that interface.

If that is the case, you should consider changing the local variable to an interface variable, so you can easily map it.

Best,

Manuel